Author: Rick Hagen
Date: 00:27:28 01/06/06
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On January 06, 2006 at 00:46:40, Lonnie Cook wrote: >I always thought learning capcity for your engine was a good thing > >Those with this feature:Shredder 9,HIARCS10,Nimzo,Crafty,Comet just to name a >few > > >But then why do the majority have no learning capacity? Like: > >Fruit 2.2.1,Rybka,Fritz,Junior,KING 3.23 to name a few. Just throwing in my only remaining Ducat. Book learning is important in a match, and to a lesser extent in a tournament. Position learning is more usefull in retro-analysis, or even deep-position analysis. It can't be coincidence that HIARCS, Shredder and Yace are well known and respected for their retro-analysis. Pos. learning in a game doesn't seem_that_important to me though. RH (out of ducats)
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